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Youth Justice Service Information

Description: There is a Youth Justice Service (sometimes called a Youth offending Team or YOT) in every local authority in England and Wales. In Flintshire, the Youth Justice Service is based in Mold.
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Working in Cymru

Description: With a population of three million, a unique cultural identity, beautiful countryside, and strong and varied communities, Cymru is a great place in which to live and work
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Childcare Funding

Description: Everything you need to know about looking for and paying for childcare and early education.
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Flintshire and Wrexham Investment Zone

Description: Investment Zones are areas across the UK where central and local government work with business and local partners to create the conditions for investment and innovation.
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Training Plan 2025-26

Description: Training Plan 2025-26
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Training Plan 2024-25

Description: Training Plan 2024-25
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A Well-being Plan for Flintshire 2021-22

Description: A Well-being Plan for Flintshire 2021-22
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Cemetery Rules and Regulations (PDF 320KB new window)

Description: Flintshire County Council presently operates and manages fifteen Cemeteries and eight Closed Churchyards within the County.
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Substance-misuse-advice-and-guidance (PDF 400KB new window)

Description: Substance misuse - Advice and guidanceBarnardo's Flintshire Services - family supportBarnardo's Flintshire Services has a range of family support services aimed at preventing or reducing the impact of substance misuse on families and the local community. They work in partnership with other agencies to improve outcomes for children, young people and families.Eligibility criteriaThe services are available to families in Flintshire.ReferralsBarnardo's Flintshire Services operates an open referral system and the office is open from 9am5pm, Monday to Friday. All children, young people and families who are referred are offered an initial assessment by an experienced member of staff.Services providedWe provide a range of services including: Stars Project (for children aged 5 to 10 affected by parental substance misuse) Street Level Project (for young people aged 11 to 19 affected by parental substance misuse) Families Matter Project (for parents who are experiencing problems with substance misuse) Flintshire Strengthening Families Pilot SFP 10-14 (for families in Flintshire with a young person aged 10-14) To compliment this wide range of services our Opportunity V Project supports young people including service users to take up a variety of volunteering opportunities across Barnardo's Flintshire Services.Contact detailsAddress: The Old Baths, Mold Road, Buckley Telephone number: 01244 551246 Fax number: 01244 551239 E-mail address: sarah.matthews@barnardos.org.ukCommunity Drug and Alcohol ServiceThe Community Drug and Alcohol Service aims to reduce the risks and damage caused by drugs or alcohol to individuals, families and the local community. They work in partnership with other agencies to improve the health and social welfare of service users by offering treatment and care.Eligibility criteriaThe service is available for over 18s who are concerned about their drug and/or alcohol use.ReferralsThe Community Drug/Alcohol Service operates an open referral system and is open from 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday. All service users who are referred are offered an initial assessment by an experienced member of staff.Services providedWe provide a range of services including: Assessment Harm reduction advice Needle syringe exchange Information and advice on treatment options One-to-one structured care planning Substitute prescribing Community detoxification Support to access inpatient detoxification Assessments and support to access residential rehabilitation Structured counselling Hepatitis C screening Hepatitis B vaccination Auricular acupuncture Signposting and onward referrals to other agencies. To compliment our wide range of services we have a support service, to assist service users in accessing training opportunities, supporting with housing issues, providing replacement activities and helping service users to live independentlyContact detailsAddress: Deeside Counselling Centre, Rowley's Drive, Shotton, Flintshire CH5 1PU Telephone number: 01244 831798 Fax number: 01244 816920Substance misuse - Advice and guidance2Drug Interventions Programme & FoundationsARCH Initiatives Drug Interventions Programme (DIP team) & "Foundations" Supporting People ProjectDrug Interventions ProgrammeThe Drug Interventions Programme (DIP) is a key part of the government's strategy for tackling drugs and reducing crime. The programme, often known as DIP, involves identifying Class A drug misusing offenders as they go through the criminal justice system and putting into action a range of interventions to deal with their behaviour, getting them out of crime and into treatment and other support. This begins at an offenders first point of contact with the criminal justice system and continues through the journey that can include custody, court, sentence, treatment and beyond into resettlement.ReferralsReferrals can be made via referral form (available upon request), telephone or self referral. Please contact office base directly should you wish to refer into the service or arrange a specific appointment time and date for assessment.Services providedStructured psychosocial interventions (1:1 work) Access and referral to rapid prescribing services Harm reduction interventions Overdose management Crack interventions Brief intervention for alcohol Life skills support Accomodation support Advice and guidance Signposting and onward referrals to other support agencies/services were appropriate. Client drop in service available on Wednesday 4pm till 5.30pm & Friday 1pm till 3pm.FoundationsFoundations is delivered in partnership with Flintshire County Council Supporting People Department and ARCH Initiatives, Substance Misuse Services. ARCH Initiatives is a registered substance misuse charity, providing a range of substance misuse support services. Foundations is an intensive floating tenancy support service operating within Flintshire designed to provide support to offenders and substance using offenders who are experiencing difficulty sustaining their tenancy or who need assistance to find accommodation and an intensive support package to maintain it. This project aims to assist service users to establish the foundations they require in order help reduce their offending and substance use through sustainable accommodation support.Substance misuse - Advice and guidance3ReferralsReferrals can be made via Foundations referral form (available upon request), telephone or self referral. Please contact office base directly should you wish to refer into the service or arrange a specific appointment time and date.Services providedSupport and navigation into accommodation Mediation between landlord and tenant Negotiation around rent arrears and support to establish budgeting, payment plans and supported access to Welfare Benefits organisations locally Onward referral for enhanced wraparound support needs to address offending or substance use Regular and intensive one-one support to maintain tenancies, resolve disputes and encourage the development of independent living skills Opening times Monday Friday 9am-5pm (Wednesdays 9am-7pm)Contact detailsAddress: 10-12 Salisbury Street, Shotton, Flintshire CH5 1DR Telephone number: 01244 845 920 Fax number: 01244 836 483 E-mail address: info@archinitiatives.com Website address: www.archinitiatives.comSubstance misuse - Advice and guidance4Harm Reduction ServiceThe Harm Reduction Service is a confidential service providing information and advice to people who use drugs and alcohol.Services providedHepatitis B vaccinations Safer Injecting advice Overdose prevention sessions, including CPR training Needle syringe exchange Break the cycle advice HIV/Hepatitis B/Hepatitis C information Safer sex/sexual health information & free condoms Family planning advice Advice to men who have sex with men in public places Advice regarding sexual orientation We don't `keywork' or carry a caseload or do counselling. We do offer brief interventions which are time-limited & harm reduction focused. We can signpost or refer to other agencies if this is appropriate. We recognise that not everyone who uses drugs wants to give up, so our aim is to educate and enable drug users to be as safe and healthy as possible. We are concerned about the spread of HIV, Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and other serious blood-borne infections and want to prevent this from happening. We also want to prevent the spread of sexually transmitted infections such as Gonorrhoea, Syphilis, Chlamydia and Genital Warts.Naloxone training for Opiate usersWe provide overdose training and `take home' Naloxone packs to educate and empower drug takers to intervene in an overdose situation, with the aim of saving lives. Regular group training sessions for service users and staff are available and places can be booked through the Community Drug & Alcohol Teams.Did you know?The Harm Reduction Team works from a mobile unit in a range of locations throughout the Flintshire and no appointment is necessary, just drop in. Please contact us for details.Contact details Address: Deeside Counselling Centre, Rowley's Drive, Shotton, Flintshire, CH5 1PU Telephone Number: 01244 818513 / 07881 858529 (Hayley Davies, Team Leader) Fax number: 01244 816920 E-mail address: Carry.Burton@wales.nhs.ukSubstance misuse - Advice and guidance5Motivational Enhancement ServiceThe Motivational Enhancement Service delivers interventions which are aimed at individuals who are concerned about their level of drug or alcohol use. The service offers a series of brief discussions aimed at helping to motivate people to change their drug or alcohol use. The service is delivered in hospital settings and at community clinics in Flintshire by staff coming from backgrounds in nursing and psychological practices. The Team also offers further optional discussions that look at the relationship between drug or alcohol use and current and future lifestyles. The purpose of these sessions is also to increase motivation to change use by encouraging individuals to understand the impact substance use has on achieving future lifestyle goals.Eligibility criteriaThe programme is for all residents in Flintshire over the age of 18 years who are concerned about their use of substances.Referral detailsTo access this service please telephone 0845 06 121 12.Contact detailsAddress: Grove Park House, 11 Grove Park Road, Wrexham LL12 7AA Telephone number: 01978 367030 Fax number: 01978 367039 Email address: enquiries@cais.org.uk Website Address: www.cais.co.uk (new window)Substance misuse - Advice and guidance6Needle Syringe Exchange ServiceThe Needle Syringe Exchange (NSE) is designed to protect drug takers, their partners and their communities from HIV, Hepatitis B and C and other blood-borne infections. The service is available to all injecting drug users where you see this logo.The following equipment is provided free of charge:Needles and syringes (available in a range of different sizes) Swabs Stericups Condoms Sharps boxes Citric acid sachets Recklessly discarded needles and syringes are potentially a serious hazard so it is important that all used equipment is returned to the NSE in the sharps boxes provided.Contact detailsAddress: (managed from) Deeside Counselling Centre, Rowley's Drive, Shotton, Flintshire, CH5 1PU Telephone number: 01244 818513 Mobile number: 07771 960441 Fax number: 01244 816920 E-mail address: Carry.Burton@wales.nhs.ukFlintshire NSE outletsHarm Reduction Team, Tel: 01244 818513 Community Drug & Alcohol Team, Deeside Counselling Centre, Rowley's Drive, Shotton Tel: 01244 831798Community Pharmacies· S E John, Albert House, High Street, Bagillt, Tel: 01352 761236 · Lloyds Pharmacy, 13-14 The Precinct, Buckley, Tel: 01244 550910 · L Rowland & Co, Dee View, Church Street, Connah's Quay, Tel: 01244 818434 · Wepre Pharmacy, 113 High Street, Connah's Quay, Tel: 01244 812197 · Lloyds Pharmacy, 29 Church Street, Flint, Tel: 01352 732739 · L Rowland & Co, Coleshill Street, Holywell, Tel: 01352 719100 · Hughes Pharmacy, 11 Daniel Owen Precinct, Mold, Tel: 01352 753393 · Tesco In-Store Pharmacy, Ponterwyl, Mold, Tel: 01352 897400 · Speed's Pharmacy Ltd, 7 The Square, Mercia Drive, Mynydd Isa, Tel: 01352 759030 · H A Crook, 23 Chester Road East, Shotton, Tel: 01244 830047Substance misuse - Advice and guidance7The Phoenix Group - alcohol supportThe Phoenix Support Group meets regularly to provide support for adults in Flintshire with alcohol problems. This group provides a friendly, free, safe and confidential environment in which to share experiences and problems, and to offer support and information. The groups mission is to aid and support people who are suffering with alcohol dependency and to liaise with service providers with the aim of improving service delivery and access.Contact detailsAddress: c/o10-12 Salisbury Street, Shotton, CH5 1DR Contact Number: 07733501427ReferralsNew members are welcome upon the recommendation of a Key worker or a recommendation by an existing group member. For more information call the above number or speak to your key worker.Substance misuse - Advice and guidance8Young People's Drug and Alcohol TeamThe main aim of the Young People's Drug & Alcohol Team (YPDAT) is: `To minimise the impact of drug, alcohol and substance related harm on young people, their families and the community, through education, care, on-going support and prevention; to enable them to lead healthy and crime-free lives.' The YPDAT provides a comprehensive service to the young people of Flintshire, divided into three key areas of activity, as follows: Universal offering young people in Flintshire drug and alcohol education / awareness information and advice so that they can make safe life choices now and in the future, in schools and youth clubs and other settings. Targeted providing targeted education / awareness information to young people with increased risk and less resilience of becoming involved in substance use / misuse in a range of settings, including outreach work. Specialist a referral based service to provide one-to-one treatment aimed at those young people with an identified substance misuse problemEligibility criteriaThe Specialist Service is available for under 18s who are concerned about their drug and/or alcohol use.ReferralsReferrals can be made by any agency working with a young person with the young person's consent, or by young people themselves or their families.Services providedWe provide a range of services on a 1-1 basis including: Assessment One-to-one structured care planning Motivational Interviewing Harm reduction advice Relapse prevention Exit strategies Healthy lifestyles Auricular acupuncture Alternative therapies Information and advice on treatment option Joint work with the Adult Community Drug & Alcohol Team Signposting and onward referrals to other agencies. To compliment our wide range of services we offer support, to assist service users in accessing training opportunities, supporting with housing issues, providing replacement activities and helping service users to live independentlySubstance misuse - Advice and guidance9Contact detailsAddress: 2 Padeswood Road, Buckley, CH7 2JL Telephone number: 01244 551477 Fax number: 01244 551485 E-mail address: lesley.a.bayley@flintshire.gov.ukUseful link(s)Young Flintshire (new window) is an interactive website that aims to help you get all the things you are entitled to as a young person in Wales. www.youngflintshire.co.ukSubstance misuse - Advice and guidance10
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Contaminated Land Strategy 2013 (PDF 3MB new window)

Description: This Contaminated Land Strategy describes how Flintshire County Council is required to identify sites within its administrative control that may be affected by land contamination
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